Tim Russert
Tim Russert
Timothy John "Tim" Russertwas an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press. He was a senior vice president at NBC News, Washington bureau chief and also hosted an eponymous CNBC/MSNBC weekend interview program. He was a frequent correspondent and guest on NBC's The Today Show and Hardball. Russert covered several presidential elections, and he presented the NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey on the NBC Nightly News...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth7 May 1950
CityBuffalo, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The Bills, I believe, have a very good future if this agreement can be worked out, thoroughly discussed, and everything is open.
No one likes to be in the center of these things,
Are you, or anyone who reports to you, contemplating resignation?
not been able to derail the political process.
Mr. Kilgore you day you support widening I-66 inside the beltway and another crossing over the Potomac River. Tell us why you think those projects are so important, how you're going to pay for them, and how you're going to connect 66 with the bridges.
Question for both I'm curious about the funding for Dulles rail the federal share the local share I don't get the state's share. It seems to me increasing the toll along the Dulles Toll Road, it's really a second burden heaped upon local motorists and the state is just walking away from any significant financial role in this, and that they've basically punted
I want to do everything I can, of course, to keep the Bills in Buffalo.
We had Wal-Mart deliver three trucks of water, ... FEMA turned them back. They said we didn't need them. We had 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel on a vessel docked in my parish. The Coast Guard said, 'Come and get the fuel right away.' When we got there with our trucks, they got a word. 'FEMA says don't give you the fuel.'
We're an optimistic people, but something is amiss. People feel it, and I think it partly revolves around the war.
to suggest that we need several hundred thousand troops there after military operations cease, after the conflict ends, I don't think is accurate. I think that's an overstatement.
Whatever the criticisms and the after-action report may be about what was right and what was wrong looking back, what would be a horrible tragedy would be to distract ourselves from avoiding further problems because we're spending time talking about problems that have already occurred,
Should we freeze or postpone prospective tax cuts and avoid any new tax cuts until we are sure we have the money to pay for the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq.
Looking at the high cost of occupation in Iraq and the needs we have in this country, would it not have been better to have smaller tax cuts in order to keep down the deficits.
We have lost one of our very, very best,